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Student privacy has never faced greater challenges. CDT has developed a state-by-state compendium of privacy laws relating to the collection, use, and sharing of student data. It lists key student data privacy laws for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Following the 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the EU to strike down an EU-wide mandatory data retention scheme because it breached privacy rights, the national data retention laws of a number of EU Member States have also come under scrutiny. CDT and Privacy International have now intervened in a case against France to argue that the country’s sweeping data retention requirements violate EU law, as well as the European Convention on Human Rights.

The “on-demand” economy is here, and there is unquestionable demand from both those seeking services and those wanting to provide services. Many of the sectors these companies are disrupting are often highly regulated, with detailed operating requirements, complex regulations at the state and local level, and extensive oversight by governmental agencies. For technology companies that have historically not operated in highly regulated areas, this presents a host of new challenges; for agencies, the difficulties in regulating companies that are not accustomed to this type of governance are equally striking.